Recently the typical chattering has arisen among mainstream journalists about who deserves the AL MVP award... ...as if there is any question who the most valuable player this year is. It is Joe Mauer...

It took a little digging. I might have broken a law or two. Or I might have just made it up. In any case, I'm sticking by the story. Ron Gardenhire recently requested some extra players for his ailing team and Bill Smith refused...

This is where I ask those questions you might have asked had you thought about it: Are the Twins still contenders in the AL Central race? The Twins are sitting six games back behind the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox...

With just a couple of hours left at the trading deadline, Bill Smith struck a deal with A's GM Billy Beane to acquire shortstop Orlando Cabrera for the 21-year-old shortstop prospect, Tyler Ladendorf...

Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" featured user-generated content and a graphic user interface years before those ideas gained a cultural foothold. On the cover of the fictional guide were the words "Don't Panic...

The Twins sit withing striking distance of the AL Central Division Title. So far the team has been playing .500 ball, but the division is weak this year and a few adjustments could make the Twins strong enough to compete through the playoff race...

Since the All-Star Game is in part a fan popularity contest, there are other deserving players who didn't make the team. Since each team in both leagues has to be represented, there are players who make the team who don't really deserve it...

I can feel the indignant outrage already exploding across barber shops and sports bars across all of Minnesota. "Why isn't Kevin Slowey on the All Star Team?" "Don't they know he has ten wins?" All baseball fans tend to become enamored with one stat

The Twins are struggling early this year. It might be time for a change of personnel. Right now the Twins have a few weaknesses, chief among them the fact their offense is inconsistent and inadequate...

Human mortality wouldn't be such a struggle for mankind if it weren't coupled with the slow and methodical collapse of our physical bodies. What men ought do with the finite days of their lives is a question which belongs to philosophy...

Scene: We join Young(ish) Enthusiastic Blogger (YEB) in his study as he’s working through some bit of inspiration, soon to be forgotten in his draft folder.Enter a visitor appearing in a flash of light...

It was two years ago today I published my first column on the Bleacher Report after being actively recruited by one of the founders (who will go nameless here lest he be willing to take credit or accept responsibility for his actions)...

Since 1876, the Cubs franchise has been playing professional baseball at the most elite level (in fact, even before 1876 the franchise was playing in the National Association; so this franchise is really old, John McCain old)...

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Special thanks to Andrew Kneeland and Josh Taylor for doing the roundtable this week. 1) Recently, the Star Tribune reported that the Twins were trying to acquire Jarrod Washburn from the Seattle Mariners...

It’s a small group in the Roundtable this week, which is fine because you can catch me and other Bleacher Report Twins Community writers and bloggers at my Twins Podcast, which is live every Sunday at 8pm central...